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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: swizzle 'a swizz' (20-21 centuries), perhaps from swindle

swizz

 noun
     
swizz British English spoken

a swizz

something that makes you feel disappointed and as though you have been deceived:
The packet's half empty - what a swizz!
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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